PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Phil Leotardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Citrio Pavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Leotardo
vs
Pavo

177 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Max Octane Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Leotardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Citrio Pavo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leotardo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Citrio Pavo has been cut.
Leotardo scores with a hook.
Phil Leotardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leotardo misses with a head kick.
And Pavo tries to counter it with a takedown but Leotardo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pavo jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Leotardo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pavo wants to control from the top but Leotardo keeps moving.
Pavo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Leotardo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pavo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pavo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
My spies in LOD: Black Label inform me that Pavo has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Pavo works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavo controlling his opponent.
Pavo fails to move to back control.
Pavo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Pavo is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Pavo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Citrio Pavo!
A very excited looking Citrio Pavo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.